With a few days between high school’s winter and spring sports seasons, let’s take a quick look at how some Star Courier-area athletes are faring on the collegiate level.

Buresh puts name in QU record book

Annawan graduate Kelly Buresh tied Quincy University’s school record for 3-pointers in a game as the Lady Hawks defeated William Jewell 68-59 Feb. 7.

Buresh, a redshirt-sophomore at Quincy, scored a season-high 28 points and matched the school record with eight 3-pointers in the win.

Buresh scored 18 points in the first 20 minutes on 6-for-7 shooting. Five of her 3-pointers came before halftime. She finished 8-for-10 from long range and 9-for-14 overall from the field. Buresh's eight threes tied Libby Lewis (2001) and Danyelle Harrison (1996) for the school record.

Buresh has started 25 games for Quincy and is second on the team in scoring with 11.7 points per game. She’s also averaging just under five rebounds per game.

Buresh leads the team with 63 3-pointers and is shooting 42 percent from the arc, 63-for-150. She’s also shooting 80 percent from the free-throw line.

The Lady Hawks concluded the regular season with a 14-12 record and finished 12-6 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference. Quincy plays UW-Parkside at 8:30 p.m. Saturday in Evansville, Ind., in the opening round of the GLVC tourney.

Kohler named second team All-Midwest Conf.

Illinois College junior guard Nathan Kohler has been named to the All-Midwest Conference men's basketball second team.

The Wethersfield graduate averaged team-high totals of 16 points and 4.9 assists per game in 2012-2013. He also averaged 3.2 rebounds and 1.4 steals per game, while shooting 45.7 percent from the field, 36.2 percent from beyond the 3-point arc and 82.7 percent from the foul line. The junior guard started all 23 of the Blueboys' games this winter while averaging a team-high 32.8 minutes per game.

Kohler averaged 15.5 points at the Bill Merris Tournament to open the season, earning all-tournament team honors. He topped the 20-point mark in five games this year, netting a season-high of 28 points in a 123-114 win at Grinnell College on Dec. 11. He pulled down a season-high six rebounds on three different occasions and dished out a season-high nine assists in a 78-74 win over Ripon College on Dec. 8. Kohler finished the season with 991 career points, needing nine more to become the 28th player in Illinois College men's basketball history to reach 1,000 career points.

The Illinois College men's basketball team finished the season with an overall record of 9-14 and a Midwest Conference mark of 6-11.

Bennett plays at Illinois College

Also at Illinois College in Jacksonville, Wethersfield graduate Kayla Bennett logged minutes as a freshman guard for the women’s basketball team.

Bennett played in 22 games and averaged 2.3 points per game. She had season highs of nine points in a 55-45 win over Ripon College Dec. 8, including making 7-of-8 free throws; four assists in a loss Jan. 15 to Grinnell College; and three steals in a loss Dec. 19 to Cornell College.

Page 2 of 2 - She finished with 15 steals and 16 assists on the season, and averaged just under 11 minutes per game.

The IC women finished 7-16 overall and 5-13 in the Midwest Conference.

Draminski Augustana’s defensive MVP

Senior linebacker John David Draminski was named Augustana College’s defensive most valuable player for the 2012 football season.

The Wethersfield graduate was a second team All-College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin selection at linebacker and was second on the Vikings in tackles with 64 — 44 solo and 20 assists.

Draminski also had five tackles-for-loss and two quarterback sacks. He blocked two kicks, had two pass break-ups, one interception and a forced fumble.

He also earned CCIW Academic All-Conference honors. The Vikings finished the season with a 5-5 record.

Area athletes lead St. Ambrose track sweep

Three Star Courier-area athletes earned all-conference honors as the St. Ambrose track and field teams swept Midwest Collegiate Conference indoor titles last month.

St. Ambrose had 33 athletes earning all-conference honors for finishing top three in individual events or part of a top two relay performance, including Nicole Wager, Nick Wager and Tanner Ewing of Wethersfield.

Nicole Wager won the mile and placed in the 3,000-meter run, while Nick Wager placed in the pole vault and Ewing placed in the 55-meter hurdles.

The men won their third MCC indoor championship by just 17 points, while the women captured their first indoor title by an impressive 64 points.

DeClercq plays

at Rockford College

Wethersfield graduate Devin DeClercq played some minutes a freshman member of the Rockford College men’s basketball team.

The 6-6 forward played in six games for the Regents, scoring four points and grabbing three rebounds. He averaged 4.5 minutes per game for a Rockford team that finished 8-18 overall and 6-10 in the Northern Athletics Conference.

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